Hell yeah, I know that feeling...
I move around a lot and always pick up the local language.
Oh I forgot to mention Luxembourgish as well, used to be pretty fluent, but didn't have much of a chance to practice in the last 15 years or so.
The Netflix series is not bad, the Chinese original is tough for a western audience.
Hope it's all healing nicely! Mine is now already 15+ years ago, took about a week until it was fully healed. But I could already walk around at home and do smaller strolls outside the next day, and was doing regular chores on day two. Just waited about 2 weeks until I went running and cycling again.
Is the three body problem the original one translated from Chinese, or did they re-release it after the Netflix series?
I tried reading the original, but found the writing style way too convoluted for my liking. Same with the Chinese series, I watched a few episodes and it was just too much. Even my Chinese wife agreed that Netflix did a much better job.
If I were an exec at Google, I'd have already made a move to buy out a small country. Tuvalu, Nauru or something with a minuscule GDP. Then proclaim the Google Republic, move HQ functions over, and be free of taxes and outside influences forever.
And being their own country, they could even have a full fledged military...
It works for me since I hate subscriptions and don't use anything that sends stuff to my phone :-)
Native German, fluent English, full working proficiency in Norwegian, (understand Swedish and Danish as a direct consequence), somewhat proficient in Dutch and French, and my Chinese is enough to get by. Couldn't hold a longer conversation though.
Do you get Schiesser in the US? They aren't cheap, a pack of 3 is like $50, but the 100% cotton ones are so amazing, I'll never wear anything else ever again.
Yep. In Germany for example we don't name perpetrators at all, neither alleged nor convicted. Newspapers are not allowed to refer to them with anything but the first name plus first letter of the last name, or initials. The only exception is when someone dangerous is on the run and they need help from the public to ID him, in that case the name is released after an ethical review board from the police force decides so (it's mostly done on the spot without delay, but there is a procedure at the very least).
A general exception is made for persons of interest, be it celebrities, politicians or something. For general members of the public, nothing truly identifiable is released. Minors (generally below the age of 18, or people tried as minors, i.e. committed a crime while below 18 but only tried later) will not be named whatsoever; only their age and gender are released.
Race is never mentioned, unless it is a race-related hate crime.
How do you know how he acts if you never watched a single video?
I live in Malaysia (previously China) and have been using HK and Singapore pretty much ever since, with no issues for ~6 years.
Excellent plan! Where are you headed, if you don't mind me asking?